# Amputations at Alta Forest Products LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023087881` · 8/26/2023 · NAPLES, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Alta Forest Products LLC
- **Location:** 242 Stagecoach Road, NAPLES, IDAHO, 83847
- **NAICS:** 333243
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a band saw to cut a piece of plastic bushing. As the saw blade contacted the bushing, it pulled the bushing forward and away from the employee. The employee's hand was pulled toward the blade, amputating their right middle fingertip.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*